Steven Gunn

[wee toon red]

Leaving next month.

https://www.afc.co.uk/2025/09/16/director-of-football-steven-gunn-to-depart-afc/

Sounds like a polite sacking. Chance to get a "proper" DOF/Technical Director for @RicoS321

[BigAl]

7 minutes ago, wee toon red said:

Leaving next month.

https://www.afc.co.uk/2025/09/16/director-of-football-steven-gunn-to-depart-afc/

Sounds like a polite sacking. Chance to get a "proper" DOF/Technical Director for @RicoS321

Is Rico actually qualified for the job 

[BigAl]

As an aside, I have zero recollection of us having a player called David Lawrie being with us during the 80's but from what I can see online he was a goalkeeper but left to pursue a career out with football and went to Robert Gordon's.

Anyone else mind anything about him ?

[RicoS321]

1 hour ago, BigAl said:

Is Rico actually qualified for the job 

Over-qualified. I've got years of experience of complaining about shite not being done properly.

[wokinginashearerwonderland]

Hard position to recruit for I'd imagine.  In an ideal world I think it would be great to have an older type who knows the club, maybe an ex-manager who had been around the block a bit but hard to think of anyone like that.  Most of our ex-managers have not been very good. Hope it is someone who has seen it and done it rather than some young whipper snapper who is just out of college and talks about underlapping full backs, low blocks and transitions. 

Knowing Dave, he will appoint someone like Carlos Bocanegra.  You heard it here first. 

[RicoS321]

50 minutes ago, wokinginashearerwonderland said:

Hard position to recruit for I'd imagine.  In an ideal world I think it would be great to have an older type who knows the club, maybe an ex-manager who had been around the block a bit but hard to think of anyone like that.  Most of our ex-managers have not been very good. Hope it is someone who has seen it and done it rather than some young whipper snapper who is just out of college and talks about underlapping full backs, low blocks and transitions. 

Knowing Dave, he will appoint someone like Carlos Bocanegra.  You heard it here first. 

I don't think it's essential that it's a former manager either. It needs someone that holds the manager to account, plays devil's advocate and makes sure that the tactics, signings, youth minutes etc align with the strategy.